KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) - The outbreak of a rare respiratory illness called Enterovirus 68 sickened dozens of kids in the metro and hundreds in the U.S. Forty-eight of those children came down with paralysis.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- With California gripped by a measles outbreak, Dr. Charles Goodman posted a clear notice in his waiting room and on Facebook: His practice will no longer see children whose parents won't get them vaccinated.

Paul Leslie Kannarr, 59, formerly of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple to 10 years in federal prison without parole. The court ordered the federal sentence to be served concurrently with Kannarrâ€™s state sentences for two child pornography convictions.

The Kansas City Royals announced today that outfielder Whit Merrifield has been named the George Brett Minor League Player of the Year, while right-handed pitcher Christian Binford earned the Paul Splittorff Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the 2014 season.

The Princeton girls and boys are on winning streaks, sweeping Milan in a home doubleheader last Friday, and winning quarterfinals earlier this week in the Gilman City Tournament. Both teams are in action on Thursday on Hot Country Z 101.7.

The Milan basketball teams have found life on the road difficult over the past week, suffering doubleheader sweeps at Princeton and Marceline. Friday night on KTTN, the Wildcats host the Scotland County Tigers.

Terri Lynn Johnson, 50, of Columbia, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, to two years and six months in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Johnson to pay $405,653 in restitution.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A disgruntled, former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist promised to build 40 nuclear weapons for Venezuela in 10 years and design a bomb targeted for New York City in exchange for "money and power," according to secret FBI recordings released Wednesday.